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Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Bath, Somerset [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol [2]

Carshalton, Surrey [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Liverpool [2]

Norfolk [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Amble, Northumberland [1]

Anstey, Leicestershire [1]

Ashton, Winterbone St Martin, Dorset [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Ayston, Rutland [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Bath [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bow Common Lane, Bow, London [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brockdish, Norfolk [1]

Burnley, Lancs [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cambridge [1]

Carnearney, County Antrim [1]

Charminister, Dorset [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corsham Court, Wiltshire [1]

Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1]

Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dolton, Devon [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [121]

Gunner [33]

Pioneer [27]

Driver [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Corporal [15]

Captain [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Major [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [9]

Field Marshal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Boy [6]

Colonel [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major General [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

General [5]

Sapper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Clerk [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Midshipman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Administrator [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Lieutenant [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Clerical Work [1]

Commandant [1]

Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Engineers [42]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

MI5 [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

French Red Cross [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Staff [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

127th Battery [1]

129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1]

15th Bengal Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers. [1]

25th Fusilliers [1]

28th Punjabis [1]

35th Scinde Horse [1]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

4th Queen's Own Hussars [1]

7th Hussars [1]

8th Worcs. [1]

Aldershot Command [1]

Service

British Army [269]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [41]

B [40]

H [28]

S [24]

W [21]

C [18]

G [14]

R [14]

F [13]

P [12]

T [12]

K [11]

A [10]

E [10]

N [9]

D [8]

J [7]

L [6]

V [4]

I [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [294]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [93]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [306] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [13] Bath, Somerset [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol [2] Carshalton, Surrey [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Liverpool [2] Norfolk [2] Paddington, London [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] York, Yorkshire [2] 69 Ormerod Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Amble, Northumberland [1] Anstey, Leicestershire [1] Ashton, Winterbone St Martin, Dorset [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Ayston, Rutland [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Bath [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Bloemfontein, Orange Free State [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bow Common Lane, Bow, London [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brockdish, Norfolk [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Calcutta [1] Cambridge [1] Carnearney, County Antrim [1] Charminister, Dorset [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corsham Court, Wiltshire [1] Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1] Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Derbyshire [1] Dolton, Devon [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [121] Gunner [33] Pioneer [27] Driver [22] Lieutenant [20] Corporal [15] Captain [11] Lance Corporal [11] Major [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [9] Field Marshal [7] Bombardier [6] Boy [6] Colonel [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major General [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] General [5] Sapper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Brigadier General [3] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Clerk [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant General [2] Midshipman [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Administrator [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier [1] Cadet [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Lieutenant [1] Chauffeur [1] Clerical Work [1] Commandant [1] Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68] Labour Corps [54] Royal Engineers [42] Royal Fusiliers [13] Army Service Corps [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] MI5 [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] French Red Cross [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Staff [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 127th Battery [1] 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1] 15th Bengal Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers. [1] 25th Fusilliers [1] 28th Punjabis [1] 35th Scinde Horse [1] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 4th Queen's Own Hussars [1] 7th Hussars [1] 8th Worcs. [1] Aldershot Command [1]

Service

British Army [269] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [41] B [40] H [28] S [24] W [21] C [18] G [14] R [14] F [13] P [12] T [12] K [11] A [10] E [10] N [9] D [8] J [7] L [6] V [4] I [1] O [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [294] Conscientious Objector [7] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [93] India [2] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Edward Charles Tooze

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41275 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 16/52635 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Edgar Kendall

Died 1918

British Army 287273 Private Labour Corps 703 Company

British Army 89767 Private London Regiment 30 (City of London) Battalion

British Army 37412 Worcestershire Regiment

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Samuel Augustus Wallis

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 227872 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Frances Brunt

Died 1918

British Army 700786 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick E Knight

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 201866 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Clarence Arguile

Born 1892

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/13989 Wellington Infantry Battalion

Royal Navy 14951 Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 14951 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division

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Alexander Dufour

Born 1872

British Army 115186 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4th Labour Battalion

British Army 291378 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Raymond Bernard East

Born 1899

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233984 Corporal Mechanic RNAS

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John William Watson

Born 1876

British Army 38121 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 6464 Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

British Army 64644 Company Sergeant Major Labour Corps

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Frank Herbert Moore

Born 1893

British Army TF910405 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 291293 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1038230 Royal Artillery

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Charles Orlando Bladwell Clark

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37483

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Charles Ferris

Born 1872

Died 1944

British Army 349372 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 129927 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 349372 Private Labour Corps

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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell

Born 1868

Died 1926

Royal Navy Naval Intelligence, Cairo

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Society

Indian Army Major Indian Expeditionary Force in Iraq Political Office

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Archibald Farrell

Born 1893

Died 1934

British Army 9211 Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 55525 Driver Royal Field Artillery 22nd Brigade

British Army 55525 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 5c Reserve Brigade

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Born 1874

Died 1965

British Army Major Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) 4th Queen's Own Hussars

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Frederick Charles Northover

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42857 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 44916 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederic Baron

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 801 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700162 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Kondandera Madappa Cariappa

Born 1899

Died 1993

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Major

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel

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William Baldwin

Died 1918

British Army 1978 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 700934 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Paul Sanford Methuen

Born 1846

Died 1932

British Army Field Marshal Governor and Commander in Chief Malta

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